LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person going through tried homicide prices allegedly stabbed two of his roommates after a struggle over orange juice, in accordance with paperwork 8 Information Now obtained Thursday.
On Monday, Feb. 24, round 9:30 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to a residence within the 2700 block of Alcoa Avenue, close to West Sahara Avenue and Interstate 15, after an individual known as 911 to report a stabbing.
The caller instructed 911 that their roommate stabbed them and nonetheless had a knife. Arriving officers discovered Philjohn Yumang, 19, holding a knife whereas one other individual held him down. Police took Yumang into custody and paramedics took the victims to a close-by hospital.
One of many victims, who was in his late 40s, had 5 stab wounds to his head and face and two stab wounds to his shoulder and arm. The opposite sufferer, a person in his late 70s, had stab wounds in his eye, ear and scalp, police mentioned.
Yumang instructed police he stabbed one of many victims as a result of they “called him a bad name” throughout a struggle about orange juice that was of their fridge, in accordance with the report.
He additionally instructed police he “accidentally” stabbed the opposite sufferer “during the scuffle.” Yumang then requested for a lawyer, ending the interview, the report mentioned.
The second sufferer instructed police he heard “a commotion” outdoors his room whereas he was sleeping. When he went to test it out, he discovered Yumang stabbing the opposite sufferer. When he grabbed Yumang to cease him, he mentioned Yumang “became angry” and commenced stabbing him.
When detectives requested if he might have been by chance stabbed like Yumang mentioned, he mentioned no and that Yumang was offended at him for stopping the struggle and deliberately stabbed him.
Police took Yumang to the Clark County Detention Heart the place he faces two counts of tried homicide with using a lethal weapon. He was held on a $250,000 bail. If he posts bail, Yumang will likely be on high-level digital monitoring and won’t be allowed to have weapons in his possession.
Moreover, he is not going to be allowed any contact with the victims.
His subsequent court docket look was scheduled for March 13.
